Sandwith was born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, the son of Humphry Sandwith II (1746–1809), another medical man, and Hannah Backhouse.[1] He had a brother, Thomas Sandwith (1789–1867).[2] He went into medical practice as a surgeon at Bridlington, in 1816.[3]
In 1834, Sandwith moved to London. The reason was that he took the chance to become the first editor of The Watchman, a new Wesleyan Methodist journal, initially published in January 1835. He had made a reputation among Wesleyan Methodists, both as a controversialist, and as someone concerned to circulate their news. The Watchman became a significant and independent voice for them.[4][5][6]
In 1841, Sandwith moved on to Kingston upon Hull, where he became physician to Hull General Infirmary. He graduated M.D. and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[3] He was replaced as editor of The Watchman in 1842.[4]
Sandwith died on 25 July 1874, at Todwick Rectory.[7]
A History of the Epidemic Fever which prevailed in Bridlington and the Neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 (1821)[8]
A Reply to Lord John Russell's Animadversions on Wesleyan Methodism, in his "Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe", London 1830, pamphlet[9]
Remarks on the theory and treatment of scarlet fever: with brief notices of the disease as it prevailed epidemically at Bridlington, in 1831 (1835)[10]
Sandwith married Jane Ward, daughter of the merchant Isaac Ward. Humphry Sandwith, Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, the Rev. Henry Sandwith and Geoffrey Sandwith M.D. were their sons.[2][3] Their daughter Jane married Henry Ward, and was the mother of Humphry Ward.[12]
^ abEngland & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1936
^ abJ. McDonnell; Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Helmsley and Area Group (1963). A History of Helmsley Rievaulx and District. Stonegate Press. pp. 260–1.
